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CNYK - East Branch Delaware River Bridge

Delaware County, New York

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CNYK - East Branch Delaware River Bridge

Photo taken by John McCloskey Jr. in 2018

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #455199

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Description 

This bridge is at least the fourth on the site. The original dates back to 1848, when the Erie Railroad erected a timber frame, single-track bridge over the Delaware River at Hancock. An iron truss bridge supplanted it in 1870. Following a head-on collision on the bridge in 1888, the Erie Railroad upgraded this section of road to two tracks in 1889-1890, in the process replacing the Delaware River bridge with a wider, two-span pin-connected crossing. This span was later replaced with the current bridge.

Source: History of Hancock, New York (1888-1998) https://hancock-newyork.com/history-of-hancock-new-york-1888...

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Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over East Branch Delaware River on Central New York Railroad
Location
Hancock, Delaware County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Central New York Railroad (CNYK)
- Conrail (CR)
- Erie Lackawanna Railroad (EL)
- Erie Railroad (ERIE)
- New York, Susquehanna, & Western Railway (NYSW)
Design
(2)9-panel, pin-connected Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.95258, -75.27857   (decimal degrees)
41°57'09" N, 75°16'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/476912/4644548 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hancock
Inventory number
BH 62090 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

9-panel truss (323)
Central New York Railroad (15)
Conrail (1,804)
Delaware County, New York (114)
Delaware River (102)
Erie Lackawanna Railroad (456)
Erie Railroad (333)
Hancock, New York (8)
Have street view (30,410)
New York (5,241)
New York, Susquehanna, & Western Railway (53)
 Open (41,434)
Owned by railroad (14,125)
Pin-connected (5,424)
Pratt through truss (6,412)
Pratt truss (10,842)
Railroad (16,993)
Skewed (5,108)
Stone piers (279)
Through truss (19,028)
Truss (38,311)

Update Log 

  • June 9, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added historical description & categories "9-panel truss", "Pin-connected", "Stone piers"
  • March 19, 2022: New photos from Bruce Roberts
  • July 19, 2021: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
  • July 22, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • August 27, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • July 29, 2014: New Street View added by Ian Martin

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